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INDEX. 



Virginia, graz'ng cattle in, 365. 



general Agriculture of, 410-16. 



Re.«ource.s of, 473. 



compai-ed with other States, 473. 



' and llliode Island compared, 587-8. 



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Wagons vs. Carts on a farm, 430. 

 Waiters, white and colored, 57. 

 Warmth for animals, 353. 

 Wash, incombustible, 434. 

 Washington, personal recollections of, 55. 



■ efforts of, to ascertain the average product 



of the United States, 150. 

 Washing wool on the backs of .sheep, 81. 



this practice conducive to health, 81. 



Water, the, in corn, 205, 208. 



power, vs. steam. 101. 



and salt, power of combined, 254. 



and carbonic acid. 254. 



should never fall on manure, 430. 



and the gardener, 43!). 



Vv-^eather, rules for predicting, 91. 

 "V\''eight.s, foreign, 409, 



commodities should be sold by, 419. 



• of oxen, 371. 



■ Engli.sh and American, 418, 419. 



West, the, Sheep-trade in. 66. 

 Wheat, analyses of, 70, 95, 411. 



Manures for; their effect. 90, 91, 94. 



Table of substances contained in, 94. 



machine for Reaping, 92. 



to clean it, 462. 



product of. in Virginia, 105. 



its properties, analyzed, 143. 



crop of England increased, 150. 



in England, statement of. 354. 



Boussing.iult's analysis of, 411. 



Flour, Vauquelin's analysis of, 411. 



proportion of Bran and Four, 411. 



crops on im[)roved land, 429, 438. 



of 100 bushels an acre, 440. 



Salt in preparation for, 433. 



■ Smut in, 462. 



in France, 540. 



Wheat crop before the Revolution, 513. 



drill-.sowing, 535. 



to grow good crops, 535. 



exported from America, 543. 



Spring, bearded, culture, &c. of, 593-4. 



Wheatland Institute, the, 292. ■ 



Whey for cows, 426. 



White, the, and the Negro, 53. 



contrasted with the Negro, 53, 57. 



Wife, the, her sphere. 380. 



see Housewife's Department. 



Wilder, Marshall P— sketch of his labora,529-533 



Williamson, Mr., his Mission to S. America, 53. 



Williamson J. D , on Corn-meal, 371. 



Wine in Ohio, 435. 



Winters, open, bad for sheep, 78. 



Witlierspoon, J. D., on Marl, 156. 



Wood, formation of, 404. 



the grain of, 405. 



growth of its fibre, 405, 408. 



^Voody fibre of plants, 117. 

 Wool-growing on the Prairies, 76, 309. 



— — • begun on the Pampas, 85. 



washing, on the sheep's backs, 81. 



frauds in selling, 87. 



and woolen goods, 100. 



surplus e.xport of, to England, 136. 



Trade of Nevs'-York, 165. 



value, and growth of, 165, 166. 



microscopic examinations of, 173. 



American the finer, 174. 



South-Down, illustrated, 183. 



producers, the prairies as, 309. 



prospects of the market for, 74, 129. 



Working clas.ses of Maryland, 376. 

 Worsted goods, manufacture of, 100. 



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Yam, the. composition of 413. 



Yarn, cotton, for warps, 586. 



first patent for this purpose, 586. 



Zeal, Agricultural. 251. 

 Horticultural, 360. 



RECIPES. 



Ants, red, to destroy, 390. 



Batter-cakes, to make. 94. 

 Beef, keeping fresh, 493. 

 Beeswax, to prepare, 114. 

 Borer, to prevent its ravages, 402. 

 Buckwiieat cakes, to make, 358. 

 . still better. 360. 



Cabbage caterpillar, to destroy, 237 

 Candle-wicks, improved, 308. 

 Carriage-wheels, greasing, 94. 

 Chapped flesh, to remedy, 42. 

 Cheese, a new kind, 93. 

 Cream crackers, to mflke. 114. 

 Coffee, to have good, 280. 

 Curculio, to destroy, 66. 



Egg-pone, to make. 94. 



Ewes adopting strange lambs, 354. 



Flies on hor.ses, to prevent, 87. 

 Founder in Irorscs, 164. 

 Fruit, preservation of, 283 



Gupes in chickens, 275. 



Hominy, lyed, very superior, 280. 

 Honey for chapped flesh, 42. 

 Horses, to save them from fire, 48. 



Distemper in, to cure, 131. 



to prevent flies teasing, 87. 



to cure the Founder in, 164. 



Hoiven in animals, to cure, 354. 



Johnny-calie, to make, 358. 



Manuscripts, renovation of, 438. 

 May-bugs, how to prevent, 359. 



Polishing composition. 380. 

 Potash wash for trees, 44. 

 Potato pudding, 380. 



Rhubarb Tartine, a new dish, 28. 



Sulphur for the borer, 402. 



Toothache, cure for, 597. 

 Trees, to cure injuries to, 380. 



Wash, incombustible, 434. 



pota.sh for fruit-trees, 44. 



Wheels, composition for greasing, 94. 



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